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Mead Margaret and Nicolas Calas editors
Primitive Heritage An Anthropological Anthology
New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears nicks and small chips. "Margaret Mead December 16 1901 � November 15 1978 was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College in New York City and her M. A. And Ph. D. Degrees from Columbia University. Mead served as President of the AAAS in 1975. Mead was a communicator of anthropology in modern American and Western culture and was often controversial as an academic. Her reports detailing the attitudes towards sex in South Pacific and Southeast Asian traditional cultures influenced the 1960s sexual revolution. She was a proponent of broadening sexual conventions within a context of traditional Western religious life. " from Wikipedia . Random House hardcover
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UNDERHILL RUTH M. AUTHOR; CHIP COLWELL & STEPHEN E. NASH EDITORS
An Anthropologist's Arrival: A Memoir
University of Arizona Press Tucson: 2014. Softcover. Brand new book. Ruth M. Underhill 1883-1984 was one of the twentieth century's legendary anthropologists forged in the same crucible as Franz Boas Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead. After decades of trying to escape her Victorian roots Underhill took on a new adventure at the age of forty-six when she entered Columbia University as a doctoral student of anthropology. Celebrated now as one of America's pioneering anthropologists Underhill reveals her life's journey in frank tender unvarnished revelations that form the basis of An Anthropologist's Arrival. This memoir edited by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and Stephen E. Nash is based on unpublished archives including an unfinished autobiography and interviews conducted prior to her death held by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. In brutally honest words Underhill describes her uneven passage through life beginning with a searing portrait of the Victorian restraints on women and her struggle to break free from her Quaker family's privileged but tightly laced control. Tenderly and with humor she describes her transformation from a struggling "sweet girl" to wife and then divorce. Professionally she became a welfare worker a novelist a frustrated bureaucrat at the Bureau of Indian Affairs a professor at the University of Denver and finally an anthropologist of distinction. Her witty memoir reveals the creativity and tenacity that pushed the bounds of ethnography particularly through her focus on the lives of women for whom she served as a role model entering a working retirement that lasted until she was nearly 101 years old. No quotation serves to express Ruth Underhill's adventurous view better than a line from her own poetry: "Life is not paid for. Life is lived. Now come." Ruth M. Underhill 1883-1984 received her PhD in anthropology from Columbia University and held positions with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the University of Denver where she was named professor emeritus upon her retirement in 1952. Specializing in southwestern anthropology Underhill lived on Indian reservations and wrote comprehensively about the Tohono O'odham Navajo and Mohave communities. She is the author of several books. Chip Colwell is the senior curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and has collaborated with the Hopi tribe since 2002. Stephen E. Nash is curator of archaeology and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Previously he served as head of collections in anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago. He has authored and edited five books on subjects ranging from the history of archaeological tree-ring dating to museum collections. "Ruth Underhill was a remarkable woman an important advocate and educator for native culture who freed herself from the Victorian Quaker social corset. Her life is a compelling story and the editors have ensured that it's also a good read."�Story Circle Book Reviews "This excellent book deserves a wider audience than just those interested in folklore anthropology Indians and the Southwest. The editors have done a superb job of bringing Underhill's unique voice back to us all."�Museum Anthropology Review "A close reading of her experiences and observations gives true insights into the challenges that confronted exceptional women in the early twentieth century United States."�Southwestern Lore "Underhill's story is intriguing precisely because she did her work observed the anthropologists around her with a keen ethnographic eye and explained her feelings as she came to have a career in anthropology on the cusp of professionalization. No one else talks about the Depression the early funding the fieldwork experience in quite this way. I found it fascinating."�Regna Darnell author of And Along Came Boas: Continuity and Revolution in Americanist Anthropology University of Arizona Press, Tucson: 2014 paperback
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NABHAN GARY PAUL EDITOR; PAUL E. MINNIS FOREWORD
Ethnobiology For The Future: Linking Cultural And Ecological Diversity
University of Arizona Press Tucson: 2016. Softcover. Brand new book. Ethnobiology holds a special place in the hearts and minds of many because of its dedication to celebrating the knowledge and values of some of the most distinctive cultural practices in some of the most distinctive places on Earth. Yet we live in a world of diminishing natural and linguistic diversity. Whether due to climate change or capitalism homogeneity is trumping the once-resplendent heterogeneity all around us. In this important new collection Gary Paul Nabhan puts forth a call for the future not only of ethnobiology but for the entire planet. He articulates and broadens the portfolio of ethnobiological principles and amplifies the tool kit for anyone engaged in the ethnobiosphere those vital spaces of intense interaction among cultures habitats and creatures. The essays are grouped into a trio of themes. The first group presents the big questions facing humanity the second profiles tools and methodologies that may help to answer those questions and the third ponders how to best communicate these issues not merely to other scholars but to society at large. The essays attest to the ways humans establish and circumscribe their identities not only through their thoughts and actions but also with their physical emotional and spiritual attachments to place flora fauna fungi and feasts. Nabhan and his colleagues from across disciplines and cultures encourage us to be courageous enough to include ethical moral and even spiritual dimensions in work regarding the fate of biocultural diversity. The essays serve as cairns on the critical path toward an ethnobiology that is provocative problem-driven and above all inspiring. "Nabhan's eyes seem especially well attuned to the beauty and joys of the human experience particularly as it relates to our ethnobiological connections." �Paul Minnis editor of Ethnobotany: A Reader "This book will be devoured by all Nabhanophiles and should be read by all those interested in food culture conservation botany and the worlds around them. So chock full of great ideas penetrating insights and unforgettable landscapes it should be savored slowly like the fine feast it is!"�Economic Botany University of Arizona Press, Tucson: 2016 paperback
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RODDICK ANDREW P. & ANN B. STAHL EDITORS
Knowledge In Motion: Constellations Of Learning Across Time And Place
Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Editor Hardcover $65.00 Ebook $65.00 Buy Spirit mediums of East Africa. Healers and fishermen of the Amazon River Basin. Potters of the American Southwest. People contending with climate change long ago. All share "knowledge in motion" a process of drawing on experiences past and present while engaging in daily practice in relation to contexts of time place and power. In the last twenty-five years scholars from a number of disciplines have explored "situated learning" specifically investigating how learning relates to social reproduction and daily life. In Knowledge in Motion contributors focus on learning through time and at a variety of scales particularly as they relate to power and politics with implications for emergent communities and constellations of practice. This volume brings together archaeologists historians and cultural anthropologists to examine communities engaged in a range of learning practices around the globe from Africa to the Americas. Contributors draw on the growing interdisciplinary scholarship on situated learning to explore those processes in relation to power and broader forces that shape knowledge during times of turbulent change. Enriching the diversity of regions and disciplines Knowledge in Motion focuses on how learning knowledge transmission and the emergent qualities of communities and constellations of practice are shaped by changing spheres of interaction or other unstable events and influences. The contributions forge productive theories and methodologies for exploring situated learning and its broad-ranging outcomes. "Throughout the emphasis on the context of learning proves a productive avenue for thinking through the creative process and the movement of innovations and skill."�New Book Chronicle "Quite a novel approach to issues that have preoccupied archaeologists for decades."�Scott MacEachern Bowdoin College Knowledge in Motion 328 Pages 6 x 9 Published: 2016 Hardcover 9780816532605 Ebook 9780816533749 Related Archaeology hardcover
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WHITEHEAD NEIL L. & STEPHANIE W. ALEMAN EDITORS
Anthropologies Of Guayana: Cultural Spaces In Northeastern Amazonia
University of Arizona Press Tucson 2016. Softcover. Brand new book. Unlike better-known regions of the Amazon Guayana�a broad cultural region that includes the countries of Guyana Surinam and French Guiana as well as parts of eastern Venezuela and northern Brazil�has rarely been integrated into the broader narratives of South American anthropology and history. Nevertheless Guayana provides a unique historical context for the persistence and survival of native peoples distinct from the histories reflected by the intense colonial competition in the region over the past 500 years. This is an important collection that brings together the work of scholars from North America South America and Europe to reveal the anthropological significance of Guayana the ancient realm of El Dorado and still the scene of gold and diamond mining. Beginning with the earliest civilizations of the region the chapters focus on the historical ecology of the rain forest and the archaeological record up to the sixteenth century as well as ethnography ethnology and perceptions of space. The book features extensive discussions of the history of a range of indigenous groups such as the Waiwai Trio Waj�pi and Palikur. Contributions analyze the emergence of a postcolonial national society the contrasts between the coastlands and upland regions and the significance of race and violence in contemporary politics. A noteworthy study of the prehistory and history of the region the book also provides a useful survey of the current issues facing northeastern Amazonia. The chapters extend the anthropological agenda beyond the conventional focus on the "indigenous" even as contributors describe how Guayanese languages mythologies and social structures have remained resilient in the face of intense outside pressures. Neil L. Whitehead is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Dark Shamans: Kanaim� and the Poetics of Violent Death. Stephanie Aleman is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2016 paperback
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EDWARD H. SPICER EDITOR WITH ESSAYS BY ELEANOR BAUWENS MARGARITA ARTSCHWAGER KAY MARY ELIZABETH SHUTLER LOUDELL F. SNOW
Ethnic Medicine In The Southwest
University of Arizona Press Tucson: 2016. Softcover. Brand new book. Health is a major concern to all people. In this volume four writers examine the medical arts of Yaqui Anglo Black and Mexican American communities to further understand the relationship between alternative and scientific medicine. Edward H. Spicer's informative Introduction sets the stage for comparing "popular" and "scientific" medicine. "Graduates of medical schools have been taught that their body of knowledge is the one true medical tradition. The world has many medicines and thousands of practitioners who do not believe that "Western" medicine is a universal cure-all. These practitioners may be as certain that what they practice is the one true medical tradition" says Spicer. In the communities studied the belief is that illnesses may be caused by overwork withcraft or sin and treatment may include herbs prayer or massage. Practitioners are successful and respected although they are not licenses in the legal sense. In these alternative medical traditions "Western" medicine may find a key to new growth and effectiveness. Ethnic Medicine in the Southwest is a fascinating look at commonly practiced arts that will interest not only ethnic and health services specialists but all those interested in cultural traditions. University of Arizona Press, Tucson: 2016 paperback
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MCKEOWN C. TIMOTHY
In The Smaller Scope Of Conscience The Struggle For National Repatriation Legislation 1986-1990
University of Arizona Press Tucson: 2014. Softcover. Brand new book. In 1989 The National Museum of the American Indian Act NMAIA was successfully passed after a long and intense struggle. One year later the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act NAGPRA followed. These federal repatriation statutes�arguably some of the most important laws in the history of anthropology museology and American Indian rights�enabled Native Americans to reclaim human remains funerary objects sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony. Twenty years later the controversy instigated by the creation of NMAIA and NAGPRA continues to simmer. In the Smaller Scope of Conscience is a thoughtful and detailed study of the ins and outs of the four-year process behind these laws. It is a singular contribution to the history of these issues with the potential to help mediate the ongoing debate by encouraging all sides to retrace the steps of the legislators responsible for the acts. Few works are as detailed as McKeown's account which looks into bills that came prior to NMAIA and NAGPRA and combs the legislative history for relevant reports and correspondence. Testimonies documents and interviews from the primary players of this legislative process are cited to offer insights into the drafting and political processes that shaped NMAIA and NAGPRA. Above all else this landmark work distinguishes itself from earlier legislative histories with the quality of its analysis. Invested and yet evenhanded in his narrative McKeown ensures that this journey through history�through the strategies and struggles of different actors to effect change through federal legislation�is not only accurate but eminently intriguing. "This book is a careful thoughtful and detailed study of the ins and outs of making one of the most important laws in the history of anthropology the museum world and American Indian rights. It is a singular contribution to the literature."�Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh author of Massacre at Camp Grant: Forgetting and Remembering Apache History "A fascinating window into the American psyche itself."�Museum Anthropology "A thorough and highly detailed history."�The Chronicles of Oklahoma "A masterful history of how NAGPRA came to be. . . . An invaluable aid to lawyers museum authorities and scientists who hope to work with human remains or sacred objects and tribal officials who hope to protect them."�Great Plains Research In the Smaller Scope of Conscience University of Arizona Press, Tucson: 2014 paperback
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JOHNSON JAY T. & SOREN C. LARSEN EDITORS
A Deeper Sense Of Place: Stories And Journeys Of Collaboration In Indigenous Research
Oregon State University Press Corvallis: 2013. In A Deeper Sense of Place editors Jay Johnson and Soren Larsen collect stories essays and personal reflections from geographers who have worked collaboratively with Indigenous communities across the globe. These first-person narratives offer insight into the challenges faced by Native and non-Native scholars to their academic and personal approaches during research with Indigenous communities. By addressing the ethical political intellectual and practical meanings of collaboration with Indigenous peoples A Deeper Sense of Place highlights the ways in which collaborative research can help Indigenous and settler communities find common ground through a shared commitment to land people and place. A Deeper Sense of Place will inform students and academics engaged in research with Indigenous communities as well as those interested in the challenges of employing critical qualitative methodologies. Jay T. Johnson is an associate professor of geography and Indigenous studies and Director of the Indigenous Geographies Research Center at the University of Kansas. His research focuses on Indigenous peoples' cultural survival particularly in the areas of resource management political activism at the national and international levels and the philosophies and politics of place that underpin the drive for cultural survival. Much of his work is comparative in nature but has focused predominately on New Zealand the Pacific and North America. Soren C. Larsen is an associate professor of geography at the University of Missouri with research and teaching interests in the cultural geography of indigenous rural and resource-dependent communities. His first ethnographic research project was undertaken in collaboration with the Cheslatta-Carrier First Nation in north-central British Columbia and since that time he has worked with the Nee Tahi Buhn and Ulkacho First Nations. Larsen's research has been published in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers The Professional Geographer Geografiska Annaler and The Journal of Rural Studies. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis: 2013 unknown
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MORETON ROBINSON AILEEN
Critical Indigenous Studies: Engagements In First World Locations
University of Arizona Press Tucson: 2016. Softcover. Brand new book. With increasing speed the emerging discipline of critical Indigenous studies is expanding and demarcating its territory from Indigenous studies through the work of a new generation of Indigenous scholars. Critical Indigenous Studies makes an important contribution to this expansion disrupting the certainty of disciplinary knowledge produced in the twentieth century when studying Indigenous peoples was primarily the domain of non-Indigenous scholars. Aileen Moreton-Robinson's introductory essay provides a context for the emerging discipline. The volume is organized into three sections: the first includes essays that interrogate the embedded nature of Indigenous studies within academic institutions; the second explores the epistemology of the discipline; and the third section is devoted to understanding the locales of critical inquiry and practice. Each essay places and contemplates critical Indigenous studies within the context of First World nations which continue to occupy Indigenous lands in the twenty-first century. The contributors include Aboriginal Metis Maori Kanaka Maoli Filipino-Pohnpeian and Native American scholars working and writing through a shared legacy born of British and later U.S. imperialism. In these countries critical Indigenous studies is flourishing and transitioning into a discipline a knowledge/power domain where distinct work is produced taught researched and disseminated by Indigenous scholars. Contributors: Hokulani K. Aikau Chris Andersen Larissa Behrendt Vicente M. Diaz Noelani Goodyear Kaopua Daniel Heath Justice Brendan Hokowhitu Aileen Moreton-Robinson Jean M. O'Brien Noenoe Silva Kim Tallbear Robert Warrior. "This book is distinguished by the questions it raises and debate it provokes about the imperative of decolonization. Indeed it pushes beyond that imperative marking the ontological intellectual/cultural/linguistic spatial and empirical terrain in which that world exists and its fundamental relationships are reproduced."�Amy Den Ouden author of Beyond Conquest: Native Peoples and the Struggle for History in New England "Critical Indigenous Studies poses uneasy yet important questions and challenges for indigenous scholars and our communities to grapple with as we move onward." �American Indian Culture and Research Journal University of Arizona Press, Tucson: 2016 paperback
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Poirier Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology Frank E
Understanding Human Evolution
Prentice Hall. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Prentice Hall unknown
Referência livreiro : GRP101795726 ISBN : 0139358919 9780139358913
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BOAS FRANZ. ESTABLISHING ACADEMIC ANTHROPOLOGY
The Mind of Primitive Man.
New York Macmillan 1911. 8vo. In the original full green cloth with title in gilt lettering to spine and front board. Light wear to extremities and a few leaves with traces after top corner having been bend otherwise a very fine and clean copy. X 2 294 pp. 5 pp of advertisement. � First printing of Boas' landmark work in which he "established academic anthropology". The book was immensely influential not only in establishing anthropoly as an academic discipline and in academia in general it was also a dominant factor in the public opinion since it challenged the widely held racist and eugenic claims about race and intelligence and particularly white supremacy. <br>Boas concludes the book with an examination of racism in the United States. He expresses his hope that anthropology can lead to more tolerance and sympathy for different civilizations since "all races have contributed in the past to cultural progress in one way or another" From the present work a goal he to a large extend succeded with: It is a work "which have changed men's mind". Lewis The Passion of Franz Boas American Anthlropologist 2001.<br><br>"Shortly after the turn of the twentieth century at a time when the dominant attitudes regarding primitives and anthropology in general were still of racial and social evolutionism Franz Boas wrote The Mind of Primitive Man. He stated there that "The judgment of the mental states of a people is generally guided by the difference between its social status and our own and the greater the difference between their intellectual emotional and moral processes and those which are found in our civilization the harsher our judgment." Thus began a new current among modern ethnologists antiquarians historians of culture and anthropologists with regards to primitives. The ex fonte thought of Boas affected the succeeding generations of scholars and within three decades had revolutionized the attitudes toward primitive culture and mentality." Quinn The Only Tradition p. 170.<br><br>"When Boas began his work in America evolutionism was the dominant even "hegemonic" paradigm in anthropology sociology and political economy. Intellectuals of the political left were as invested in evolutionism as were those on the right. In addition to evolutionism racial determinism and social Darwinism were also in the ascendance and these touched the emotions and socioeconomic interests of American and European elites even more. . <br>Boas's attack on evolutionism in addition to its theoretical and technical aspects involved an attempt to establish the common humanity of "Primitive Man" in scientific and popular discourse; to remove the supposed gap between "our" minds and "theirs" and to question the assumption that "our" culture is special exalted better than other." .<br>Beginning in 1894 Boas began to directly confront the question of the differences between "primitive man" and "civilized man" and racial differences and racial prejudices in a series of papers that eventuated in his 1911 book the present. The main argument was: "There is no fundamental difference in the way of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established. He concludes the book with a plea for greater tolerance of other "forms of civilization" and sympathy for "foreign races" so that "as all races have contributed in past to cultural progress in one way or another so they will be capable of advancing the interests of mankind if we are only willing to give them a fair opportunity". The book was very influential and widely read one of those books "which have changed men's mind" Bunzel 1962 basic for all who wanted to believe in the equality and common humanity of all peoples." Lewis The Passion of Franz Boas American Anthlropologist 2001. hardcover
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Hobart Angela & Urs Ramseyer & Albert Leemann
The People of Bali
London: Blackwell Publishers Ltd. Fine. 2001. Trade paperback. 0631227415 . Book is as new. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder. ; The Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages . Blackwell Publishers, Ltd paperback
Referência livreiro : 16956 ISBN : 0631227415 9780631227410
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ABU LUGHOD LILA
Veiled Sentiments: Honor And Poetry In A Bedouin Society 30th Anniversary Edition With A New Afterword
University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles: 2016. Softcover. Brand new book. First published in 1986 Lila Abu-Lughod's Veiled Sentiments has become a classic ethnography in the field of anthropology. During the late 1970s and early 1980s Abu-Lughod lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years studying gender relations morality and the oral lyric poetry through which women and young men express personal feelings. The poems are haunting the evocation of emotional life vivid. But Abu-Lughod's analysis also reveals how deeply implicated poetry and sentiment are in the play of power and the maintenance of social hierarchy. What begins as a puzzle about a single poetic genre becomes a reflection on the politics of sentiment and the complexity of culture. This thirtieth anniversary edition includes a new afterword that reflects on developments both in anthropology and in the lives of this community of Awlad 'Ali Bedouins who find themselves increasingly enmeshed in national political and social formations. The afterword ends with a personal meditation on the meaning�for all involved�of the radical experience of anthropological fieldwork and the responsibilities it entails for ethnographers. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles: 2016 paperback
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ABU LUGHOD LILA
Veiled Sentiments: Honor And Poetry In A Bedouin Society
University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles: 1988. Softcover. Good condition but there is a fair amount of highlighting. Anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years studying the oral lyric poetry through which women and young men express personal feelings that violate their moral code. What begins as a puzzle about a single poetic genre becomes a reflection on the politics of sentiment and the relationship between ideology and human experience. Includes an Index. "One of the most insightful and convicing works of person-centerd ethnography in recent years. It provides a model of how contextual knowledge can be used to interpret personal experience in another culture." - Robert LeVine Harvard University ISBN: 0520063279. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles: 1988 paperback
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HAWKINS JOHN P; ADAMS WALTER RANDOLPH
Roads To Change In Maya Guatemala: A Field School Approach To Understanding The K'iche'
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: . Softcover. Brand new book. Between 1995 and 1997 three groups of college students each spent two months in K'iche' Maya villages in Guatemala. Led by Professors John P. Hawkins and Walter Randolph Adams they participated in an ongoing field school designed to foster undergraduate research and documentation of K'iche' Maya culture in Guatemala. In this enlightening book Hawkins and Adams first describe their field-school method of involving undergraduate students in primary research and ethnographic writing and then present the best of the student essays which examine the effects of modernization on K'iche' Maya religion courtship marriage gender relations education and community development. The process of actively involving undergraduate students in research is one of the most effective methods of enhancing education. Indeed there is growing interest in this idea�currently the Council on Undergraduate Research a national organization boasts members from more than 870 colleges and universities. For educators of all fields interested in learning how to organize a field school that fosters research and publication Hawkins and Adams discuss the methods they used and the problems they encountered. Anthropologists and sociologists will find this demonstration of undergraduates' achievements useful for introductory and field methods courses. Finally the book's portrayal of the K'iche' Maya culture in transition will appeal to Mesoamericanists and Latinamericanists of any discipline. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: paperback
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HAWKINS JOHN P; ADAMS WALTER RANDOLPH
Roads To Change In Maya Guatemala: A Field School Approach To Understanding The K'iche'
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: . Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Between 1995 and 1997 three groups of college students each spent two months in K'iche' Maya villages in Guatemala. Led by Professors John P. Hawkins and Walter Randolph Adams they participated in an ongoing field school designed to foster undergraduate research and documentation of K'iche' Maya culture in Guatemala. In this enlightening book Hawkins and Adams first describe their field-school method of involving undergraduate students in primary research and ethnographic writing and then present the best of the student essays which examine the effects of modernization on K'iche' Maya religion courtship marriage gender relations education and community development. The process of actively involving undergraduate students in research is one of the most effective methods of enhancing education. Indeed there is growing interest in this idea�currently the Council on Undergraduate Research a national organization boasts members from more than 870 colleges and universities. For educators of all fields interested in learning how to organize a field school that fosters research and publication Hawkins and Adams discuss the methods they used and the problems they encountered. Anthropologists and sociologists will find this demonstration of undergraduates' achievements useful for introductory and field methods courses. Finally the book's portrayal of the K'iche' Maya culture in transition will appeal to Mesoamericanists and Latinamericanists of any discipline. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: hardcover
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CHAGNON NAPOLEON A
Yanomamo: The Fierce People
Harcourt Brace & Company San Diego: 1992. Softcover. Good condition but there is a considerable amount of highlighting. They have been called "our contemporary ancestors": the Yanomamo culture a tribe of some twenty thousand Indians who live on the border between Brazil and Venezuela in the ecologically fragile Amazon basin. Napoleon Chagnon who first made contact with them in 1964 is the world's foremost authority on the tribe and in this eloquent meticulously detailed and often passionate book he gives an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary people and sounds an urgent call to halt what might otherwise be "the last days of Eden." Includes an Index and photographs by the author. "A sense of urgency pervades this book. The Yanomamo are the final tribes living stroong and free in the style first encountered by Europeans five centuries ago. Now they are on the edge of destruction. Chagnon has been pulled into this vortex." -- Edward O. Wilson Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego: 1992 paperback
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CASTANEDA CARLOS; GOLDSCHMIDT WALTER FOREWORD
The Teachings Of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way Of Knowledge
Pocket Books New York: 1975. Softcover. Good condition. In a series of fascinating dialogues Castaneda sets forth his partial initiation with don Juan Matus a Yaqui Indian shaman from the state of Sonora Mexico. He describes don Juan's perception and mastery of the "non-ordinary reality" and how peyote and other plants sacred to the Mexican Indians were used as gateways to the mysteries of "dread" "clarity" and "power." The Teachings of Don Juan is the story of a remarkable journey that has left an indelible impression on the lives of over a million readers around the world. "Carlos Castaneda under the tutelage of don Juan takes us through that moment of twilight" through that crack in the universe between daylight and dark into a world not merely other than our own but of an entirely different order of reality." - Walter Goldschmidt ISBN: 0671800507. Pocket Books, New York: 1975 paperback
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SCHLEGEL STUART A
Wisdom From A Rainforest: The Spiritual Journey Of An Anthropologist
University of Georgia Press Athens: 2003. Softcover. Brand new book. In the early sixties Stuart Schlegel went into a remote rainforest on the Philippine island of Mindanao as an anthropologist in search of material. What he found was a group of people whose tolerant gentle way of life would transform his own values and beliefs profoundly. Wisdom from a Rainforest is Schlegel's testament to his experience and to the Teduray people of Figel from whom he learned such vital lasting lessons. Schlegel's lively ethnography of the Teduray portrays how their behavior and traditions revolved around kindness and compassion for humans animals and the spirits sharing their worlds. Schlegel describes the Teduray's remarkable legal system and their strong story-telling tradition their elaborate cosmology and their ritual celebrations. At the same time Schlegel recounts his own transformation�how his worldview as a member of an advanced civilized society was shaken to the core by a so-called primitive people. He begins to realize how culturally determined his own values are and to see with great clarity how much the Teduray can teach him about gender equality tolerance for difference generosity and cooperation. By turns funny tender and gripping Wisdom from a Rainforest honors the Teduray's legacy and helps us see how much we can learn from a way of life so different from our own. Includes an Index. Stuart A. Schlegel is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California Santa Cruz and an Episcopal priest. He is the author of several books including Children of Tulus: Essays on the Tiruray People. "Very readable . . . A compelling portrait of a way of life very different from our own." � Washington Post Book World "The observations and insights of Wisdom from a Rainforest are thought-provoking and for the visionaries among us potentially inspiring." � Bloomsbury Review University of Georgia Press, Athens: 2003 paperback
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CAILLOIS ROGER; BARASH MEYER TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH
Man Play And Games
University of Illinois Press Urbana and Chicago: 2001. Softcover. Brand new book. According to Roger Caillois play is "an occasion of pure waste: waste of time energy ingenuity skill and often of money." In spite of this--or because of it--play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development. In this classic study Caillois defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space isolated and protected from the rest of life. Play is uncertain since the outcome may not be foreseen and it is governed by rules that provide a level playing field for all participants. In its most basic form play consists of finding a response to the opponent's action--or to the play situation--that is free within the limits set by the rules. Caillois qualifies types of games-- according to whether competition chance simulation or vertigo being physically out of control is dominant--and ways of playing ranging from the unrestricted improvisation characteristic of children's play to the disciplined pursuit of solutions to gratuitously difficult puzzles. Caillois also examines the means by which games become part of daily life and ultimately contribute to various cultures their most characteristic customs and institutions. Presented here in Meyer Barash's superb English translation Man Play and Games is a companion volume to Caillois's Man and the Sacred. Roger Caillois 1913-78 a French philosopher and writer was a cofounder of France's pathbreaking Coll�ge de Sociologie pour l'�tude du Sacr and the founding editor of Diogenes the journal of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies. His books included works of anthropology sociology psychoanalysis art and literary criticism. Meyer Barash coeditor of Marriage and the Family: A Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Problems was on the faculty of Hofstra College in New York. "Well worth the attention of every sociologist interested in the relationship of culture to play."--American Sociological Review "A book to be read for ideas."--American Journal of Sociology "An excellently conceived work."--Social Forces University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago: 2001 paperback
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PROVINE ROBERT R
Curious Behavior: Yawning Laughing Hiccupping And Beyond
Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2014. Softcover. Brand new book. Robert Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread�in search of hiccups coughs yawns sneezes and other lowly undignified human behaviors. Upon investigation these instinctive acts bear the imprint of our evolutionary origins and can be uniquely valuable tools for understanding how the human brain works and what makes us different from other species. Many activities showcased in Curious Behavior are contagious but none surpasses yawning in this regard�just reading the word can make one succumb. Though we often take it as a sign of sleepiness or boredom yawning holds clues to the development of our sociality and ability to empathize with others. Its inescapable transmission reminds us that we are sometimes unaware neurologically programmed beasts of the herd. Other neglected behaviors yield similar revelations. Tickling we learn may be the key to programming personhood into robots. Coughing comes in musical medical and social varieties. Farting and belching have import for the evolution of human speech. And prenatal behavior is offered as the strangest exhibit of all defying postnatal logic in every way. Our earthiest acts define Homo sapiens as much as language bipedalism tool use and other more studied characteristics. As Provine guides us through peculiarities right under our noses he beckons us to follow with self-experiments: tickling our own feet keeping a log of when we laugh and attempting to suppress yawns and sneezes. Such humble investigations provide fodder for grade school science projects as well as doctoral dissertations. Small Science can yield big rewards. Robert R. Provine is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. "Provine is a valiant man and this is an original book: a book about people's quirks and the uncomfortable noises that we have suppressed particularly after Victorian times. Why would someone study those seemingly uninteresting and inappropriate acts I would say the answer lies in the questions this neuroscientist has asked himself: why do we burp or sneeze What is a cough What has really gone with the wind Well you don't really know�and you won't until you read Curious Behavior� This disarmingly enchanting book manages to 'handle' even flatulence in the most skillful and scientific manner without ever losing focus on Provine's aim: an accurate description of the topic via a look at mechanisms evolutionary advantages limits and statistics� Prepare to be contaminated by this book and get ready to analyze the way you sneeze cough and everything else."�Tristan Bekinschtein Times Higher Education "In this charmingly written and profoundly informative book Provine gives us what he calls 'sidewalk' neuroscience a 'scientific approach to everyday behavior based on simple observations and demonstrations that readers even advanced grade-schoolers can use to confirm challenge or extend the reported findings.' In this era of 'neurorealism' where much of the public believes you aren't doing real science if you aren't using fMRI to scan some brains Provine's work in 'small science' is refreshing. 'The Small Science of this book is "small"' he explains not because it is trivial but because it does not require 'fancy equipment and a big budget.' Small science teaches the art of observation and methods of interpretation: 'Everyday life is teeming with the important and unexpected if you know where to look and how to see.' This message alone is worth the price of admission� Provine romps through the range of 'curious behaviors' of his title with each chapter offering up enlightening and unexpected findings� A marvelous book� 'Small science' at its best."�Carol Tavris The Wall Street Journal "Why do we yawn tickle laugh cough scratch sneeze hiccup vomit or cry Over the years Provine has investigated these and other behaviors in the lab and on the street and the result is beautifully written and constantly surprising."�Steven Poole The Guardian "With its many facts and anecdotes and unexpected stories Curious Behavior begs you to continue where curiosity leads you down both the boulevards and the back alleys of science. And that is exactly how Provine thinks science should be pursued."�James Gorman The New York Times "Readers will enjoy the stories and find the glimpses into the neuroscience of these curious behaviors engaging."�K.S. Milar Choice "Do you think that each of the behaviors covered here is merely a randomly eccentric human quirk Think again. For each of these odd functions Provine dexterously combines wit a fine way with words and precise scientific context to show us the evolutionary reason behind it� This is a delectable presentation for all who love the territory between pop and hardcore science writing. Highly recommended."�Margaret Heilbrun Library Journal "How can farting sneezing and other marginal biological realities illuminate humanness Neuroscientist Robert Provine turns an evolutionary lens on everything from the gross to the faintly improper. The 'contagiousness' of yawning for instance hints at the roots of empathy and herd behavior. Burping and farting were involved in the development of speech says Provine. And tickling may play a part in our early understanding that we are distinct beings you can't tickle yourself. An exercise in 'small science'�some of it speculative all of it fascinating."�Nature "In Curious Behavior neuroscientist Robert Provine discusses common yet seemingly strange actions such as crying tickling and yawning�subjects often overlooked by science. Beyond explaining how each of these actions work anatomically Provine explores their functions similarities and whether they might be linked by some higher social purpose� Follow his advice and Curious Behavior will leave you trying to yawn with clenched teeth sneeze with your eyes open and noticing just how often you laugh at things that really aren't funny."�Jessica Hamzelou New Scientist "The book provides a not-yet definitive but often fascinating take on our most curious behaviors."�Publishers Weekly "In this engrossing account of some curious physiological behaviors neuroscientist Robert Provine not only describes the biologic basis for some curious human actions such as laughing itching hiccuping vomiting coughing sneezing and several more curiosities he also describes the experiments performed to clarify these sometimes embarrassing operations� Fascinating descriptions and explanations about human behavior oddities are candidly presented with added whimsy for sweetening. Suitable for all ages it's the sort of a book on quirky embarrassing behaviors that you observed and performed but were too afraid to talk about."�Aron Row Sacramento Book Review "Provine has written a charming ode to 'Small Science'�science that does not require a large budget or fancy equipment but that is interesting nonetheless. Taking examples from his own research some of which involved nothing more complicated than stalking graduate students and observing how and when they laugh he explains the origins of some of the most prevalent but often overlooked human behaviors."�Anna Kuchment Scientific American "In Curious Behavior Robert Provine provides clear entertaining and most importantly data-driven accounts of familiar yet overlooked human quirks. These include yawning laughing crying tears coughing sneezing hiccupping vomiting and nausea tickling itching and scratching farting and belching and finally prenatal behavior. If you think you know when and why you laugh what makes a face look sad or why people yawn you're probably in for a surprise� Written with humor and wit Curious Behavior is an accessible and entertaining read with its musings about the theoretical Doomsday yawn ineffectual astronaut tears and the social implications of coughing and laughter. But it is also serious science about the importance of defining stimuli using specific language and understanding the difference between what people think they do and what they actually do. The book may provide new windows into autistic behaviors schizophrenia and the definition of self� In a world where there is an increasing gulf between the public and scientists Provine leads by example with straightforward science communication� This book is a must-have for any connoisseur of human behavior whether studying in a classroom or from a barstool."�Kenneth C. Catania The Scientist "Robert Provine shows how the methods of sidewalk neuroscience simple and cheap observations of everyday life that everyone can do can give rise to an alternative science of psychology. This is a delight to read fascinating and humane and very often funny."�Paul Bloom Yale University author of How Pleasure Works "Curious Behavior offers a lively and often surprising look at all the different ways we sneeze cough yawn and broadcast other bodily functions. Open this book which is based on serious research but reads like a detective novel and find out how much more there is to such behavior than you ever thought."�Frans de Waal Emory University author of The Age of Empathy "A lively and entertaining romp through the quirks and oddities of the least controllable of human behaviors. The writing style and topics are so provocative one is hard pressed not to enact these behaviors while reading."�Rachel Herz Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Brown University author of That's Disgusting "Why do we laugh Why do we yawn Why do we cry What is itch Finally here is a book that addresses these age-old issues! Provine the leading researcher of such phenomena discovers the extraordinary hidden in plain sight. It's a joy to read."�James W. Kalat North Carolina State University author of Biological Psychology 11th ed. "The indefatigably curious Robert Provine explores the little quirks of behavior that�so far�have fascinated everyone but the scientists and in doing so illuminates many aspects of our social lives inner lives and evolutionary origins."�Steven Pinker Harvard College Professor of Psychology Harvard University author of How the Mind Works and The Better Angels of Our Nature "In this marvelous book Provine�a pioneer in the field�puts these phenomena in proper evolutionary contexts arguing that such seemingly odd quirks can often illuminate our understanding of human nature."�V.S. Ramachandran University of California San Diego author of The Tell-Tale Brain Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2014 paperback
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PROVINE ROBERT R
Curious Behavior: Yawning Laughing Hiccupping And Beyond
Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2014. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Robert Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread�in search of hiccups coughs yawns sneezes and other lowly undignified human behaviors. Upon investigation these instinctive acts bear the imprint of our evolutionary origins and can be uniquely valuable tools for understanding how the human brain works and what makes us different from other species. Many activities showcased in Curious Behavior are contagious but none surpasses yawning in this regard�just reading the word can make one succumb. Though we often take it as a sign of sleepiness or boredom yawning holds clues to the development of our sociality and ability to empathize with others. Its inescapable transmission reminds us that we are sometimes unaware neurologically programmed beasts of the herd. Other neglected behaviors yield similar revelations. Tickling we learn may be the key to programming personhood into robots. Coughing comes in musical medical and social varieties. Farting and belching have import for the evolution of human speech. And prenatal behavior is offered as the strangest exhibit of all defying postnatal logic in every way. Our earthiest acts define Homo sapiens as much as language bipedalism tool use and other more studied characteristics. As Provine guides us through peculiarities right under our noses he beckons us to follow with self-experiments: tickling our own feet keeping a log of when we laugh and attempting to suppress yawns and sneezes. Such humble investigations provide fodder for grade school science projects as well as doctoral dissertations. Small Science can yield big rewards. Robert R. Provine is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. "Provine is a valiant man and this is an original book: a book about people's quirks and the uncomfortable noises that we have suppressed particularly after Victorian times. Why would someone study those seemingly uninteresting and inappropriate acts I would say the answer lies in the questions this neuroscientist has asked himself: why do we burp or sneeze What is a cough What has really gone with the wind Well you don't really know�and you won't until you read Curious Behavior� This disarmingly enchanting book manages to 'handle' even flatulence in the most skillful and scientific manner without ever losing focus on Provine's aim: an accurate description of the topic via a look at mechanisms evolutionary advantages limits and statistics� Prepare to be contaminated by this book and get ready to analyze the way you sneeze cough and everything else."�Tristan Bekinschtein Times Higher Education "In this charmingly written and profoundly informative book Provine gives us what he calls 'sidewalk' neuroscience a 'scientific approach to everyday behavior based on simple observations and demonstrations that readers even advanced grade-schoolers can use to confirm challenge or extend the reported findings.' In this era of 'neurorealism' where much of the public believes you aren't doing real science if you aren't using fMRI to scan some brains Provine's work in 'small science' is refreshing. 'The Small Science of this book is "small"' he explains not because it is trivial but because it does not require 'fancy equipment and a big budget.' Small science teaches the art of observation and methods of interpretation: 'Everyday life is teeming with the important and unexpected if you know where to look and how to see.' This message alone is worth the price of admission� Provine romps through the range of 'curious behaviors' of his title with each chapter offering up enlightening and unexpected findings� A marvelous book� 'Small science' at its best."�Carol Tavris The Wall Street Journal "Why do we yawn tickle laugh cough scratch sneeze hiccup vomit or cry Over the years Provine has investigated these and other behaviors in the lab and on the street and the result is beautifully written and constantly surprising."�Steven Poole The Guardian "With its many facts and anecdotes and unexpected stories Curious Behavior begs you to continue where curiosity leads you down both the boulevards and the back alleys of science. And that is exactly how Provine thinks science should be pursued."�James Gorman The New York Times "Readers will enjoy the stories and find the glimpses into the neuroscience of these curious behaviors engaging."�K.S. Milar Choice "Do you think that each of the behaviors covered here is merely a randomly eccentric human quirk Think again. For each of these odd functions Provine dexterously combines wit a fine way with words and precise scientific context to show us the evolutionary reason behind it� This is a delectable presentation for all who love the territory between pop and hardcore science writing. Highly recommended."�Margaret Heilbrun Library Journal "How can farting sneezing and other marginal biological realities illuminate humanness Neuroscientist Robert Provine turns an evolutionary lens on everything from the gross to the faintly improper. The 'contagiousness' of yawning for instance hints at the roots of empathy and herd behavior. Burping and farting were involved in the development of speech says Provine. And tickling may play a part in our early understanding that we are distinct beings you can't tickle yourself. An exercise in 'small science'�some of it speculative all of it fascinating."�Nature "In Curious Behavior neuroscientist Robert Provine discusses common yet seemingly strange actions such as crying tickling and yawning�subjects often overlooked by science. Beyond explaining how each of these actions work anatomically Provine explores their functions similarities and whether they might be linked by some higher social purpose� Follow his advice and Curious Behavior will leave you trying to yawn with clenched teeth sneeze with your eyes open and noticing just how often you laugh at things that really aren't funny."�Jessica Hamzelou New Scientist "The book provides a not-yet definitive but often fascinating take on our most curious behaviors."�Publishers Weekly "In this engrossing account of some curious physiological behaviors neuroscientist Robert Provine not only describes the biologic basis for some curious human actions such as laughing itching hiccuping vomiting coughing sneezing and several more curiosities he also describes the experiments performed to clarify these sometimes embarrassing operations� Fascinating descriptions and explanations about human behavior oddities are candidly presented with added whimsy for sweetening. Suitable for all ages it's the sort of a book on quirky embarrassing behaviors that you observed and performed but were too afraid to talk about."�Aron Row Sacramento Book Review "Provine has written a charming ode to 'Small Science'�science that does not require a large budget or fancy equipment but that is interesting nonetheless. Taking examples from his own research some of which involved nothing more complicated than stalking graduate students and observing how and when they laugh he explains the origins of some of the most prevalent but often overlooked human behaviors."�Anna Kuchment Scientific American "In Curious Behavior Robert Provine provides clear entertaining and most importantly data-driven accounts of familiar yet overlooked human quirks. These include yawning laughing crying tears coughing sneezing hiccupping vomiting and nausea tickling itching and scratching farting and belching and finally prenatal behavior. If you think you know when and why you laugh what makes a face look sad or why people yawn you're probably in for a surprise� Written with humor and wit Curious Behavior is an accessible and entertaining read with its musings about the theoretical Doomsday yawn ineffectual astronaut tears and the social implications of coughing and laughter. But it is also serious science about the importance of defining stimuli using specific language and understanding the difference between what people think they do and what they actually do. The book may provide new windows into autistic behaviors schizophrenia and the definition of self� In a world where there is an increasing gulf between the public and scientists Provine leads by example with straightforward science communication� This book is a must-have for any connoisseur of human behavior whether studying in a classroom or from a barstool."�Kenneth C. Catania The Scientist "Robert Provine shows how the methods of sidewalk neuroscience simple and cheap observations of everyday life that everyone can do can give rise to an alternative science of psychology. This is a delight to read fascinating and humane and very often funny."�Paul Bloom Yale University author of How Pleasure Works "Curious Behavior offers a lively and often surprising look at all the different ways we sneeze cough yawn and broadcast other bodily functions. Open this book which is based on serious research but reads like a detective novel and find out how much more there is to such behavior than you ever thought."�Frans de Waal Emory University author of The Age of Empathy "A lively and entertaining romp through the quirks and oddities of the least controllable of human behaviors. The writing style and topics are so provocative one is hard pressed not to enact these behaviors while reading."�Rachel Herz Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Brown University author of That's Disgusting "Why do we laugh Why do we yawn Why do we cry What is itch Finally here is a book that addresses these age-old issues! Provine the leading researcher of such phenomena discovers the extraordinary hidden in plain sight. It's a joy to read."�James W. Kalat North Carolina State University author of Biological Psychology 11th ed. "The indefatigably curious Robert Provine explores the little quirks of behavior that�so far�have fascinated everyone but the scientists and in doing so illuminates many aspects of our social lives inner lives and evolutionary origins."�Steven Pinker Harvard College Professor of Psychology Harvard University author of How the Mind Works and The Better Angels of Our Nature "In this marvelous book Provine�a pioneer in the field�puts these phenomena in proper evolutionary contexts arguing that such seemingly odd quirks can often illuminate our understanding of human nature."�V.S. Ramachandran University of California San Diego author of The Tell-Tale Brain Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2014 hardcover
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SHIPMAN PAT
The Invaders: How Humans And Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals To Extinction
Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2015. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. With their large brains sturdy physique sophisticated tools and hunting skills Neanderthals are the closest known relatives to humans. Approximately 200000 years ago as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe�descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45000 years ago Neanderthals suddenly vanished. Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were identified in 1856 scientists have been vexed by the question why did modern humans survive while their evolutionary cousins went extinct The Invaders musters compelling evidence to show that the major factor in the Neanderthals' demise was direct competition with newly arriving humans. Drawing on insights from the field of invasion biology which predicts that the species ecologically closest to the invasive predator will face the greatest competition Pat Shipman traces the devastating impact of a growing human population: reduction of Neanderthals' geographic range isolation into small groups and loss of genetic diversity. But modern humans were not the only invaders who competed with Neanderthals for big game. Shipman reveals fascinating confirmation of humans' partnership with the first domesticated wolf-dogs soon after Neanderthals first began to disappear. This alliance between two predator species she hypothesizes made possible an unprecedented degree of success in hunting large Ice Age mammals�a distinct and ultimately decisive advantage for humans over Neanderthals at a time when climate change made both groups vulnerable. Pat Shipman is retired Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. "Shipman is a genial and authoritative guide to a complex field� Shipman admits that scientists have yet to find genetic evidence that would prove her theory. Time will tell if she's right. For now read this book for an engagingly comprehensive overview of the rapidly evolving understanding of our own origins."�Toby Lester The Wall Street Journal "Few if any readers of this lucid and compelling exposition will come away believing that the early modern Europeans were not deeply implicated in the Neanderthals' disappearance."�Ian Tattersall The Times Literary Supplement "Are humans the ultimate invasive species So contends anthropologist Pat Shipman�and Neanderthals she opines were among our first victims. The relationship between Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis is laid out cleanly along with genetic and other evidence. Shipman posits provocatively that the deciding factor in the triumph of our ancestors was the domestication of wolves. Perhaps more troubling is the concept of early humans as invaders rather than just another species finding its way."�Daniel Cressey Nature "Since the discovery in the 19th century of Neanderthal remains the cause of their extinction has arguably been the most compelling mystery in human evolution� The Invaders offers us the appealing prospect of an expert writing on her specialism and clearly having a great deal of fun doing so. Shipman builds an extremely compelling case for the role of Homo sapiens as an invasive species who arrived in Europe about 40000 to 50000 years ago and had an immediate impact on their new ecosystem. The Neanderthals were not the only victims� What makes Shipman's argument really stand out and offer a fresh perspective on the extinction of Neanderthals is the role that she gives to wolves in the process that led to the dominance of Homo sapiens."�Simon Underdown Times Higher Education "A cautious but compelling argument."�Brian Bethune Maclean's "According to a leading U.S. anthropologist early dogs bred from wolves played a critical role in the modern human's takeover of Europe 40000 years ago when we vanquished the Neanderthal locals� If Shipman is right she will have solved one of evolution's most intriguing mysteries."�Robin McKie The Observer "Provocative� Shipman's story makes for a dramatic and compelling narrative."�Mark Derr Psychology Today "Why did the Neanderthals disappear In a judicious and enthralling account Shipman makes a compelling case that as a truly invasive species humans were the main cause. An original twist adds an accomplice to the scenario: An unexpectedly early prototype of man's best friend proved to be the Neanderthals' worst enemy."�Robert D. Martin A. Watson Armour III Curator of Biological Anthropology The Field Museum Chicago "If you want to understand your own mind read this remarkable and important book. Summoning new evidence Pat Shipman shows how our coevolution with wolves contributed to the extinction of Neanderthals and further transformed us through the process of domesticating dogs. You will never look at Fido the same way again!"�Nina G. Jablonski Ph.D. Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology The Pennsylvania State University Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2015 hardcover
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LFFLER LORENZ G
Ethnographic Notes On The Mru And Khumi Of The Chittagong And Arakan Hill Tracts: A Contribution To Our Knowledge Of South And Southeast Asian Indigenous Peoples Mainly Based On Field Research In The Southern Chittagong Hill Tracts
Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. This book is a "thick" description and interpretation of the ethnography of the Mru and Khumi who live in the Chittagong/Arakan Hills straddling Bangladesh India and Burma. They are Tibeto-Burmese speaking horticulturalists practicing swidden agriculture. The work is the outcome of several periods of fieldwork dating back to 1955-1957 1964 and 1990. Lorenz G. L�ffler describes in great detail the material and spiritual culture of these populations: from dwellings and implements to life cycle and social structure from folklore to religious rituals. All the important local terms are given in Mru and English. The book includes a number of Mru texts along with their translations. It is illustrated by nearly a hundred color photographs and some thirty drawings and designs. 98 color photos 31 black and white illustrations 13 black and white photos 3 tables. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2012 hardcover
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Dersin Denise
What Life Was Like On the Banks Of the Nile: Egypt 3050 -30 BC
Alexandria VA: Time-Life Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0809493780 . Book is fine with pages clean and unmarked. DJ light wrinkling at top edge over spine. ; photographs maps drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 191 pages . Time-Life Books hardcover
Referência livreiro : 16336 ISBN : 0809493780 9780809493784
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DESCOLA PHILIPPE
The Ecology Of Others: Anthropology And The Question Of Nature
Prickly Paradigm Press: 2012. Softcover. Brand new book. Since the end of the nineteenth century the division between nature and culture has been fundamental to Western thought. In this groundbreaking work renowned anthropologist Philippe Descola seeks to break down this divide arguing for a departure from the anthropocentric model and its rigid dualistic conception of nature and culture as distinct phenomena. In its stead Descola proposes a radical new worldview in which beings and objects human and nonhuman are understood through the complex relationships that they possess with one another. The Ecology of Others presents a compelling challenge to anthropologists ecologists and environmental studies scholars to rethink the way we conceive of humans objects and the environment. Thought-provoking and engagingly written it will be required reading for all those interested in moving beyond the moving beyond the confines of this fascinating debate. Translated into English from the French by Genevi�ve Godbout and Benjamin P. Luley. Contents Foreword to the English edition Introduction I: The Clam Debate On the proper use of siphons Conjectural ecology The two natures of Lvi-Strauss II: Anthropological Dualism Nature naturing nature natured A paradoxical object Controversies and convergences The path of reduction The path of translation III: To Each His Own Nature Truths and beliefs The mystery of the Moderns Monisms and symmetries Universalism and relativism Conclusion List of works referenced. Prickly Paradigm Press: 2012 paperback
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MANHEIM MARY H
Bone Remains: Cold Cases In Forensic Anthropology
Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge and London: 2013. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Over the past thirty years forensic anthropologist Mary H. Manheim has helped to identify hundreds of deceased persons throughout Louisiana and beyond. In Bone Remains she offers details of fifteen riveting cases from her files�many of them involving facial reconstructions where only bones offered clues to an individual's story. Manhein takes readers into the field inside her lab and through DNA databases and government bureaucracies as she and her team tirelessly work to identify and seek justice for those who can no longer speak for themselves. From a two-thousand-year-old mummy to Civil War sailors to graves disturbed by Hurricane Isaac Manhein presents both modern and historic cases. Her conversational accounts provide a fascinating look into the stories behind the headlines as well as sometimes heart-wrenching details of people lost and found. Manhein shows how each case came to her team how they used scientific analysis to unravel the secrets the bones had to tell and how facial reconstructions and a special database for missing and unidentified people assisted in closing cold cases long believed to be unsolvable. She also discusses several unsolved mysteries further reflecting the determination and passion central to her career for over three decades. Mary H. Manhein is the author of The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist; Trail of Bones: More Cases from the Files of a Forensic Anthropologist; and the mystery novel Floating Souls: The Canal Murders. She is director of the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services FACES Laboratory at Louisiana State University. "This engaging book shows how science and human experiences come together in Manhein's efforts to resolve cold cases. Readers will encounter the reality of practice in forensic anthropology skillfully related by an accomplished professional."�Douglas H. Ubelaker author of Bones: A Forensic Detective's Casebook "In Bone Remains the reality of forensic anthropology comes to life for the reader. The nitty-gritty of human identification using anthropology is combined with stories from families and investigators to tell the whole story."�Robert E. Barsley former president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences "Mary H. Manhein again shows that bones talk to her and that she hears what they are saying. She delightfully describes in Bone Remains how anthropologists and other scientists work in the field and in the laboratory to identify the dead to help solve cold cases and to clarify remote historical mysteries. A must for the forensically inclined."�Michael M. Baden MD former chief medical examiner New York City Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge and London: 2013 hardcover
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Forman Shepard
Diagnosing America: Anthropology and Public Engagement
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0472104101 . Book and DJ as new. DJ now in archival sleeve. Inscribed and signed by author on ffep. This is an exceptionally clean and as new copy. ; Linking Levels of Analysis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages; Signed by Author . University of Michigan Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 16191 ISBN : 0472104101 9780472104109
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Lissner Ivar
The silent past: Mysterious and forgotten cultures of the world
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine is clean and unworn. Corners sharp. Binding sound. No ownership or other marks. DJ has some light wear at edges. Not price clipped and now in mylar sleeve. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 374 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
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Powell Mary L.
Status and Health in Prehistory: A Case Study of the Moundville Chiefdom
Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0874747562 . Book and DJ as new. Cloth cover is clean and unworn. Binding sound and tight. No ownership or other marks. DJ bright unfaded and unworn. Not a remainder. ; Smithsonian Series in Archaeological Inquiry; Photographs drawings tables; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages . Smithsonian Institution Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 15916 ISBN : 0874747562 9780874747560
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Bandi Hans George. & Ann E. Keep translator
Eskimo Prehistory
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0416129803 . Blue cloth cover with silver lettering is clean with very little signs of wear. Bookplate of Northwestern University Library with withdrawn markings usual library stamps. This was a non-circulating copy and was very lightly used if at all. Lacking DJ. ; Ex-Library; Photographs drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages . Methuen & Co. Ltd. hardcover
Referência livreiro : 15922 ISBN : 0416129803 9780416129809
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KONEFAL BETSY
For Every Indio Who Falls: A History Of Maya Activism In Guatemala 1960-1990
University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque. Softcover. Brand new book. In 1978 a Maya community queen stood on a stage to protest a massacre of indigenous campesinos at the hands of the Guatemalan state. She spoke graphically to the dead and to the living alike: "Brothers of Panzos your blood is in our throats!" Given the context her message might come as a surprise. A revolutionary insurgency in the late 1970s was being met by brutal state efforts to defeat it efforts directed not only at the guerrilla armies but also at reform movements of all kinds. Yet the young woman was just one of many Mayas across the highlands voicing demands for change. Over the course of the 1970s Mayas argued for economic cultural and political justice for the indigenous "pueblo." Many became radicalized by state violence against Maya communities that soon reached the level of genocide. Scholars have disagreed about Maya participation in Guatemala's civil war and the development of oppositional activism by Mayas during the war is poorly understood. Betsy Konefal explores this history in detail examining the roots and diversity of Maya organizing and its place in the unfolding conflict. She traces debates about ethnicity class and revolution and examines how some Mayas became involved in opposition to a repressive state. She looks closely at the development of connections between cultural events like queen pageants and more radical demands for change and follows the uneasy relationships that developed between Maya revolutionaries and their Ladino counterparts. Konefal makes it clear that activist Mayas were not bystanders in the transformations that preceded and accompanied Guatemala's civil war--activism by Mayas helped shape the war and the war shaped Maya activism. 6 x 9 inches 264 pages 21 halftones 1 map Betsy Konefal is associate professor of history at the College of William & Mary. "Konefal presents a dramatic complex and harrowing story of contemporary conflict and genocide in which the Maya were too often used as pawns or victims seen as a unit rather than as individuals." -- Book News Inc. "An important highly readable addition to recent scholarship. Essential." -- Choice University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque paperback
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Lumbreras Luis G. & Betty J. Meggers
The Peoples and Cultures of Ancient Peru
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. Fine. 1974. Third Printing. Paperback. 0874741513 . Book is as new other than old price in pencil on half-title page. No ownership or other marks. This is the third printing 1978. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 248 pages . Smithsonian Institution Press paperback
Referência livreiro : 15959 ISBN : 0874741513 9780874741513
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Sterrett J. R. Sitlington
The Cone-Dwellers of Asia Minor / The Murman Coast A Primitive People who Live in Nature-Made Apartment Houses Fashioned by Volcanic Violence and Trickling Streams
Washington D. C.: National Geographic. Very Good. 1919. Magazine. B&W Photographs; This is a DISBOUND article from National Geographic Magazine. It is NOT a photocopied edition. Includes Two articles--the Cone Dwellers and The Murman Coast:Arctic Gateway for American and Allied Expeditionary Forces in Northern European Russia no author given. Includes 26 pages of text for the first article text printed on both sides and 9 pages of text for second article. There are 53 black & white photographs by the author for the first article and 31 black & white photographs for the second no attribution given. Text pages are clean and bright with no nicks tears edge wear or discoloration. The first article is an in-depth look at the people who have hollowed out and dwelt and did still dwell at the time of writing in volcanic cones in Asia Minor. The second article is an overview about the Murman Coast and how it was accessed during World War I. . National Geographic unknown
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BEREZKIN YURI E. EDITOR
The Alutiit / Sugpiat: A Catalog Of The Collections Of The Kunstkamera
University of Alaska Press Fairbanks: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. This beautifully photographed book catalogs the collection of nearly five hundred Alutiiq cultural items held by the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography or the Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg Russia. Gathered between 1780 and 1867 many of the artifacts are composed of fur feathers gut hair and other delicate materials which prevent their transport for display or study. To document these artifacts for the public the Kunstkamera collaborated with the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak Alaska. Together anthropologists and members of the Alutiiq community combined the collection records with cultural knowledge and high-resolution digital imagery and worked to name objects describe their uses and detail the materials used in their construction. As a result this book will provide the Alutiit Alaskans Russians and the global community with lasting access to one of the oldest most extensive ethnographic collections from the central Gulf of Alaska. Translated into English by Lois Fields and Katherine Arndt. "The University of Alaska Press has released a catalog of the richest of troves - the Alutiiq collections of the Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg Russia. . . . Each artifact in the catalog is pictured on a white background in images clear enough to allow crafters to see how a hat is woven or a kayak constructed. Most images are accompanied by translated source documents that explain what the artifact was used for. . . .To an outside observer this might seem just like a history lesson. To the Kodiak Alutiiq it's an instruction manual." --James Brooks Kodiak Daily Mirror "This gorgeously illustrated 400-page book from University of Alaska Press is stunning in several respects a contender for the title of the most beautiful volume of Alaska ethnography ever published." --Mike Dunham Anchorage Daily News "When you go through this catalog it's breathtaking to see the pieces to actually be able to understand how they were made from the spruce root hats to the kayaks anyaks and masks." --Sven Haakanson director of the Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks: 2012 hardcover
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Wright James V.
A History of the Native People of Canada: Volume 1 10000 - 1000 BC
Hull Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization. Fine. 1995. Hardcover. 0660159511 . A new copy of the paperback edition has been professionally bound with brown cloth over boards. White lettering on spine. Front and back covers from paperback edition have been attached to front and back of this book. No ownership or other marks. Book appears to be new without signs of wear or use. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 564 pages . Canadian Museum of Civilization hardcover
Referência livreiro : 15869 ISBN : 0660159511 9780660159515
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Schaefer Stacy
To Think With A Good Heart
Salt Lake City Utah: University of Utah Press. New in New dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 087480695X . New book and DJ in as new condition. No remainder mark. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 376 pages . University of Utah Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 15887 ISBN : 087480695X 9780874806953
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Taylor Colin F. & William C. Sturtevant
The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America
New York: Smithmark. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Thus. Hardcover. 0831773359 . Book and DJ as new. No ownership or other marks. DJ in archival sleeve. Previously published in three volumes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 512 pages . Smithmark hardcover
Referência livreiro : 15877 ISBN : 0831773359 9780831773359
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Birket Smith Kaj & Roy Duffell translator
Primitive Man and His Ways: Patterns of Life in Some Native Societies
Cleveland Ohio: The World Publishing Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1960. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book and DJ as new. Cover is clean and unworn. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Not a remainder. DJ is clean and unworn not price clipped and now in archival mylar sleeve. This is an exceptionally fine copy of the first edition in English of this book first published in Danish in 1958. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages . The World Publishing Company hardcover
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Sammons Kay & Joel Scherzer editors
Translating Native Latin American Verbal Art: Ethnopoetics and Ethnography of Speaking
Washington D. C.: The Smithsonian Institution Press. Fine. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1560989378 . New book in as new condition. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder. Issued without DJ. ; Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry; Map Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages . The Smithsonian Institution Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 15914 ISBN : 1560989378 9781560989370
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KNAB TIMOTHY J
Dialogue Of Earth And Sky: Dreams Souls Curing And The Modern Aztec Underworld
University of Arizona Press Tucson . Softcover. Brand new book. In Mexico's Sierra Norte de Puebla beliefs that were held before the coming of Europeans continue to guide the lives of modern Aztecs. For residents of San Martin Zinacapan life in and on the earth is animated by the same forces through which people seek to maintain a cohesive view of the relationship of mankind the cosmos and the natural world. This delicate balance of the human spirit maintains the health and well-being of villagers and is an essential part of the social and ideological framework that makes a person's life whole. This book describes the basic elements of a belief system that has survived the onslaught of Catholicism colonialism and the modern world. Timothy Knab has spent thirty years working in this area of Mexico learning of the Most Holy Earth and following what its people there call "the good path." He was initiated as a dreamer learned the prayers and techniques for curing maladies of the human soul and from his long association with the Sanmartinos has constructed a thorough account of their beliefs and practices. Learning to recount dreams forming a dreamtale and "carrying it on one's back" to the waking world is the first part of the practitioner's labor in curing. But dreamtales are shown to be more than parables in this world for they embody the ethos and cosmovision that link Sanmartinos with their traditions and the Most Holy Earth. Building on this background Knab describes how the open-ended interpretation of dreams is the practitioner's primary instrument for restoring a client's soul to its proper equilibrium thus providing a practical approach to finding and resolving everyday problems. Many anthropologists hold that such beliefs have long since disappeared into the nebulous past but in San Martin they remain alive and well. The underworld of the ancestors talocan or Tlalocan for the Aztecs is still a vital part of everyday life for the people of the Sierra Norte de Puebla. The Dialogue of Earth and Sky is an important record of a culture that has maintained a precolumbian cosmovision for nearly 500 years revealing that this system is as resonant today with the ethos of Mesoamerican peoples as it was for their ancestors. University of Arizona Press, Tucson paperback
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BARNARD HANS & DUISTERMAT KIM EDITORS
The History Of The Peoples Of The Eastern Desert
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. With a CD. The last quarter century has seen extensive research on the ports of the Red Sea coast of Egypt the road systems connecting them to the Nile and the mines and quarries in the region. Missing has been a systematic study of the peoples of the Eastern Desert�the area between the Red Sea and the Nile Valley�in whose territories these ports roads mines and quarries were located. The historical overview of the Eastern Desert in the shape of a roughly chronological narrative presented in this book fills that gap. The multidisciplinary perspective focuses on the long-term history of the region. The extensive range of topics addressed includes specific historical periods natural resources nomadic survival strategies ancient textual data and the interaction between Christian hermits and their neighbors. The breadth of perspective does not sacrifice depth for all authors deal in some detail with the specifics of their subject matter. As a whole this collection provides an outline of the history and sociology of the Eastern Desert unparalleled in any language for its comprehensiveness. As such it will be the essential starting point for future research on the Eastern Desert. Includes a CD of eleven audio files with music of the Ababda Nomads and six short videos of Ababda culture. Hans Barnard is adjunct assistant professor of archaeological sciences in the department of Near Eastern languages and cultures at the University of California Los Angeles. Kim Duistermaat is director of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo NVIC. 7 x 10 in. 257 figures 33 tables. 345 black-and-white illustrations. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press hardcover
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HAINES HELEN R. & SAMMELLS CLARE A. EDITORS
Adventures In Eating: Anthropological Experiences In Dining From Around The World
University of Colorado Press Boulder: 2010. Softcover. Brand new book. Anthropologists training to do fieldwork in far-off unfamiliar places prepare for significant challenges with regard to language customs and other cultural differences. However like other travelers to unknown places they are often unprepared to deal with the most basic and necessary requirement: food. Although there are many books on the anthropology of food Adventures in Eating is the first intended to prepare students for the uncomfortable dining situations they may encounter over the course of their careers. Whether sago grubs jungle rats termites or the pungent durian fruit are on the table participating in the act of sharing food can establish relationships vital to anthropologists' research practices and knowledge of their host cultures. Using their own experiences with unfamiliar-and sometimes unappealing-food practices and customs the contributors explore such eating moments and how these moments can produce new understandings of culture and the meaning of food beyond the immediate experience of eating it. They also address how personal eating experiences and culinary dilemmas can shape the data and methodologies of the discipline. The main readership of Adventures in Eating will be students in anthropology and other scholars but the explosion of food media gives the book additional appeal for fans of No Reservations and Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel. Helen R. Haines is a research associate at Trent University Archaeology Research Center and teaches anthropology at Trent University and the University of Toronto-Mississauga. Clare A. Sammells is an assistant professor of anthropology at Bucknell University. University of Colorado Press, Boulder: 2010 paperback
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BRAUN SEBASTIAN FELIX EDITOR; DEMALLIE RAYMOND J. AFTERWORD
Transforming Ethnohistories: Narrative Meaning And Community
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: 2013. Softcover. Brand new book. The contibutors to this volume have been inspired in large part by the teaching and writing of distinguished ethnohistorian Raymond J. DeMaillie whose exemplary combination of ethnographic and archival research demonstrates the ways anthropology and history can work together to create an understanding of the past and the present. Transforming Ethnohistories comprises ten new avenues of ethnohistorical research ranging in topic from fiddling performances to environmental disturbance and spanning places from North Carolina to the Yukon. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2013 paperback
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JACKSON MICHAEL
Lifeworlds: Essays In Existential Anthropology
University of Chicago Press Chicago and London: 2012. Softcover. Brand new book. Michael Jackson's Lifeworlds is a masterful collection of essays the culmination of a career aimed at understanding the relationship between anthropology and philosophy. Seeking the truths that are found in the interstices between examiner and examined world and word and body and mind and taking inspiration from James Dewey Arendt Husserl Sartre Camus and especially Merleau-Ponty Jackson creates in these chapters a distinctive anthropological pursuit of existential inquiry. More important he buttresses this philosophical approach with committed empirical research. Traveling from the Kuranko in Sierra Leone to the Maori in New Zealand to the Warlpiri in Australia Jackson argues that anthropological subjects continually negotiate�imaginatively practically and politically�their relations with the forces surrounding them and the resources they find in themselves or in solidarity with significant others. At the same time that they mirror facets of the larger world they also help shape it. Stitching the themes peoples and locales of these essays into a sustained argument for a philosophical anthropology that focuses on the places between Jackson offers a pragmatic understanding of how people act to make their lives more viable to grasp the elusive to counteract external powers and to turn abstract possibilities into embodied truths. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: 2012 paperback
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LEGAT ALLICE; BARNABY JOANNE FOREWORD
Walking The Land Feeding The Fire: Knowledge And Stewardship Among The Tlicho Dene
University of Arizona Press Tucson: 2012. Softcover. Brand new book. In the Dene worldview relationships form the foundation of a distinct way of knowing. For the Tlicho Dene indigenous peoples of Canada's Northwest Territories as stories from the past unfold as experiences in the present so unfolds a philosophy for the future. Walking the Land Feeding the Fire vividly shows how�through stories and relationships with all beings�Tlicho knowledge is produced and rooted in the land. Tlicho-speaking people are part of the more widespread Athapaskan-speaking community which spans the western sub-arctic and includes pockets in British Columbia Alberta California and Arizona. Anthropologist Allice Legat undertook this work at the request of Tlicho Dene community elders who wanted to provide younger Tlicho with narratives that originated in the past but provide a way of thinking through current critical land-use issues. Legat illustrates that for the Tlicho Dene being knowledgeable and being of the land are one and the same. Walking the Land Feeding the Fire marks the beginning of a new era of understanding drawing both connections to and unique aspects of ways of knowing among other Dene peoples such as the Western Apache. As Keith Basso did with his studies among the Western Apache in earlier decades Legat sets a new standard for research by presenting Dene perceptions of the environment and the personal truths of the storytellers without forcing them into scientific or public-policy frameworks. Legat approaches her work as a community partner�providing a powerful methodology that will impact the way research is conducted for decades to come�and provides unique insights and understandings available only through traditional knowledge. University of Arizona Press, Tucson: 2012 paperback
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WHITEHEAD NEIL L. & STEPHANIE W. ALEMAN EDITORS
Anthropologies Of Guayana: Cultural Spaces In Northeastern Amazonia
University of Arizona Press Tucson 2009. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Unlike better-known regions of the Amazon Guayana�a broad cultural region that includes the countries of Guyana Surinam and French Guiana as well as parts of eastern Venezuela and northern Brazil�has rarely been integrated into the broader narratives of South American anthropology and history. Nevertheless Guayana provides a unique historical context for the persistence and survival of native peoples distinct from the histories reflected by the intense colonial competition in the region over the past 500 years. This is an important collection that brings together the work of scholars from North America South America and Europe to reveal the anthropological significance of Guayana the ancient realm of El Dorado and still the scene of gold and diamond mining. Beginning with the earliest civilizations of the region the chapters focus on the historical ecology of the rain forest and the archaeological record up to the sixteenth century as well as ethnography ethnology and perceptions of space. The book features extensive discussions of the history of a range of indigenous groups such as the Waiwai Trio Waj�pi and Palikur. Contributions analyze the emergence of a postcolonial national society the contrasts between the coastlands and upland regions and the significance of race and violence in contemporary politics. A noteworthy study of the prehistory and history of the region the book also provides a useful survey of the current issues facing northeastern Amazonia. The chapters extend the anthropological agenda beyond the conventional focus on the "indigenous" even as contributors describe how Guayanese languages mythologies and social structures have remained resilient in the face of intense outside pressures. Neil L. Whitehead is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Dark Shamans: Kanaim� and the Poetics of Violent Death. Stephanie Aleman is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2009 hardcover
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HODGSON GEOFFREY M
From Pleasure Machines To Moral Communities: An Evolutionary Economics Without Homo Economicus
University of Chicago Press Chicago and London: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Are humans at their core seekers of their own pleasure or cooperative members of society Paradoxically they are both. Pleasure-seeking can take place only within the context of what works within a defined community and central to any community are the evolved codes and principles guiding appropriate behavior or morality. The complex interaction of morality and self-interest is at the heart of Geoffrey M. Hodgson's approach to evolutionary economics which is designed to bring about a better understanding of human behavior. In From Pleasure Machines to Moral Communities Hodgson casts a critical eye on neoclassical individualism its foundations and flaws and turns to recent insights from research on the evolutionary bases of human behavior. He focuses his attention on the evolution of morality its meaning why it came about and how it influences human attitudes and behavior. This more nuanced understanding sets the stage for a fascinating investigation of its implications on a range of pressing issues drawn from diverse environments including the business world and crucial policy realms like health care and ecology. This book provides a valuable complement to Hodgson's earlier work with Thorbj�rn Knudsen on evolutionary economics in Darwin's Conjecture extending the evolutionary outlook to include moral and policy-related issues. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: 2012 hardcover
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YOUNG LISA C. & HERR SARAH A. EDITORS
Southwestern Pithouse Communities Ad 200-900
University of Arizona Press Tucson: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Pithouses are the earliest identifiable domestic architecture in many areas of the world and can provide insights into the origins of communities�a fundamental component of past and present societies. In this book Lisa Young and Sarah Herr invite archaeologists to explore the development of communities using information from pithouse sites in the American Southwest. Using regional and topical syntheses to investigate the formation of pithouse communities contributors to this volume examine the complex relationship between the economic transition to agricultural dependence and the social changes associated with sedentism. They discover that during this transformation people's relationship with the landscape changed in ways that affected their use of space community organization and cultural identity. Employing various theoretical perspectives these contributions analyze changes in pithouses site layout communal architecture and settlement patterns to investigate the development of place-based communities. Chapters look at community formation strategies in populous regions like the northern San Juan Basin the southern Colorado Plateau Mimbres/southern Mogollon and Hohokam Basin and Range and compare them with social structures in more sparsely populated regions like the northeast Hohokam peripheries the Arizona Transition Zone the Cibola region southeast New Mexico and the northern Rio Grande. The book also includes thematic discussions of panregional economic change the complex relationship between house and household and the demographic shifts accompanying the Neolithic Demographic Transition. An essential book for students and archaeologists interested in the origins of communities Southwestern Pithouse Communities is also an important comparative resource for scholars interested in social change during the transition to settled village life. University of Arizona Press, Tucson: 2012 hardcover
Referência livreiro : 76969X1
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MYTINGER CAROLINE
Head Hunting In The Solomon Islands .around The Coral Sea
Macmillan NY: 1942. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. The objective of the author and the expedition she was on "was to make a pictorial record of one of those groups of 'backward human beings who are fast vanishing from this earth before the advances of civilization.' Macmillan, NY: 1942 hardcover
Referência livreiro : 1496X2
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